tangrams

Code generation for the TanStack ecosystem

Warning

This project is in alpha and under active development. APIs may change without notice.

Overview

tangrams is a comprehensive code generation tool for the TanStack ecosystem. It takes your GraphQL or OpenAPI schema and generates fully typed, ready-to-use artifacts for TanStack libraries.

Features

• TanStack Query - Generate type-safe queryOptions, infiniteQueryOptions, and mutationOptions
• TanStack Form - Generate type-safe formOptions with validation schemas
• TanStack DB - Generate queryCollectionOptions with auto-detected CRUD operations

Supported Data Sources

• GraphQL - Via introspection endpoint or local SDL files
• OpenAPI - Via spec file (local or remote URL)

Installation

# bun
bun add -D tangrams

# npm
npm install -D tangrams

# pnpm
pnpm add -D tangrams

Peer Dependencies

Install dependencies based on what you're generating:

# TanStack Query (generates includes "query")
bun add @tanstack/react-query

# TanStack Form (generates includes "form")
bun add @tanstack/react-form

# TanStack DB (generates includes "db")
bun add @tanstack/react-db @tanstack/query-db-collection @tanstack/react-query

# Validation library (choose one - zod is the default)
bun add zod        # Default validator
# bun add valibot  # Lightweight alternative
# bun add arktype  # Type-first validation
# bun add effect   # Effect ecosystem

# GraphQL sources
bun add graphql-request

# OpenAPI sources
bun add @better-fetch/fetch

Quick Start

1. Initialize configuration

   bunx tangrams init

2. Configure your source in tangrams.config.ts:

   import { defineConfig } from "tangrams";
   
   export default defineConfig({
     sources: [
       {
         name: "api",
         type: "graphql",
         schema: { url: "http://localhost:4000/graphql" },
         documents: "./src/graphql/**/*.graphql",
         generates: ["query", "form"],
       },
     ],
   });

3. Generate code

   bunx tangrams generate

4. Use the generated code

   import { useQuery, useMutation } from "@tanstack/react-query"
   import { getUserQueryOptions, createUserMutationOptions } from "./tangrams/api/query/operations"
   
   function UserProfile({ userId }: { userId: string }) {
     const { data } = useQuery(getUserQueryOptions({ id: userId }))
     const { mutate } = useMutation(createUserMutationOptions())
   
     return <div>{data?.user?.name}</div>
   }

Vite Plugin

For Vite projects, tangrams provides a plugin that integrates code generation into your dev server and build process. The plugin reads configuration from your tangrams.config.ts file and provides automatic file watching and cleanup.

// vite.config.ts
import { defineConfig } from "vite"
import { tangrams } from "tangrams/vite"

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [
    tangrams(), // Loads tangrams.config.ts automatically
  ],
})

Plugin Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
configFile	string	-	Path to config file (auto-discovers tangrams.config.ts by default)
force	boolean	false	Force regenerate all files
watch	boolean	true	Watch for changes in dev mode
clean	boolean	true	Remove stale directories

Custom Config Path

tangrams({ configFile: "./config/tangrams.config.ts" })

Documentation

For comprehensive documentation, configuration reference, and usage examples, visit the Tangrams Documentation.

• Getting Started - Installation, configuration reference, and all available options
• TanStack Query - Generate queryOptions, infiniteQueryOptions when applicable, and mutationOptions
• TanStack Form - Generate formOptions with schema validation
• TanStack DB - Generate collections with local-first data sync

CLI Reference

tangrams init

Initialize a new tangrams.config.ts file.

tangrams init [options]

Options:
  -f, --force    Overwrite existing config file

tangrams generate

Generate TypeScript code from your configured sources.

tangrams generate [options]

Options:
  -c, --config <path>    Path to config file
  -f, --force            Force regeneration of all files including client
  -w, --watch            Watch for file changes and regenerate
  --clean                Remove stale source directories from previous generations
  -y, --yes              Skip confirmation prompts (use with --clean)
  --env-file <path>      Path to env file (can be specified multiple times)
  --no-dotenv            Disable automatic .env file loading

Cleanup Mode

When using --clean, tangrams will detect and remove stale source directories from previous generations. This is useful when you rename or remove sources from your configuration.

# Remove stale artifacts (prompts for confirmation)
tangrams generate --clean

# Remove stale artifacts without prompting
tangrams generate --clean --yes

If tangrams detects that a source was renamed (same schema/spec, different name), it will automatically copy the client.ts file to the new source directory before removing the old one. This preserves any customizations you've made to the client.

Watch Mode

When using --watch, tangrams will:

• Watch your config file, GraphQL documents, and OpenAPI specs for changes
• Cache schemas between file changes for faster rebuilds
• Continue watching even if generation fails

Interactive commands in watch mode:

• Press r to force a full refresh (re-fetches all schemas)
• Press q to quit

Roadmap

• Multi-Framework Code Generation
• TanStack DB - Electic Collections
• TanStack DB - LocalStorage Collections
• TBD

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

MIT © hobbescodes